Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence was approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday after Republican Senators dismissed concerns that they’d vote against her.
The vote was split along party lines with 9 yeas and 8 nays.
The two potential GOP holdouts who could have derailed Gabbard’s nomination, Todd Young (R-IN) and Susan Collins (R-ME), announced in the 11th hour that they’d support Gabbard.
The President’s nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary, RFK Jr., also faced a committee vote on whether or not to advance to the Senate floor.
The Gateway Pundit reported that the Senate Finance Committee voted to send RFK Jr.’s nomination on a straight party-line vote of 14-13.
Still, there was tremendous drama surrounding one key swing vote: Senator Bill Cassidy (RINO-LA), who infamously voted to impeach President Trump following the J6 protests. Cassidy previously expressed concerns regarding RFK. Jr.’s vaccine views. But he announced his support just before the vote.
Additionally, the full Senate voted 52-46 Tuesday to invoke cloture and advance Pam Bondi’s confirmation as U.S. Attorney General to a final Senate vote. The final Senate floor vote to confirm Pam Bondi could come as early as Wednesday.
It is unclear if the full Senate will vote on Gabbard and RFK Jr. this week.
Still, supporters of President Trump are BLOWING UP the Senate’s phone lines, demanding confirmation of Gabbard, RFK, and President Trump’s FBI Director pick, Kash Patel.
Per Nick Sortor, the Senate’s voicemail system went down after receiving over “600 calls per minute.”
#BREAKING: The US Senate’s voicemail system is currently DOWN due to the sheer amount of calls demanding Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr, and Kash Patel be confirmed.
My Capitol Hill sources tell me they were receiving over 600 CALLS PER MINUTE
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. WE ARE WINNING! … pic.twitter.com/COIWXOW8HS
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 3, 2025
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